Charles Makley

Charles "Fat Charley" Makley (24 November 1889-22 September 1934) was an American bank robber who was associated with John Dillinger.

Biography
Charles Makley was born in St. Marys, Ohio on 24 November 1889, and he became involved in bootlegging and bank robbery at a young age. In 1928, he was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison for robbery, and he befriended Harry Pierpont, Homer Van Meter, Red Hamilton, Russell Clark, and John Dillinger while interned at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana. In September 1933, the entire group escaped from prison, and Makley became "Public Enemy No. 4" in Illinois after a spree of crimes. In early 1934, Makley and Pierpont were captured and sentenced to death at Ohio State Prison in Columbus, Ohio, and the two of them carved revolvers out of soap and darkened them with shoe polish. They attempted to escape with the props, but Makley was gunned down by policemen, while Pierpont was recaptured and executed.